sndfile-play command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

sndfile-play: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sndfile-play: command not found

Solutions to sndfile-play: command not found

How To Fix sndfile-play: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu sndfile-play is provided by sndfile-programs package.

sndfile-programs is:

This package contains simple programs which use libsndfile for operating on sound files.

Programs include:

• sndfile-cmp : compare the audio data of two files
• sndfile-concat : concatenate two or more files
• sndfile-convert : convert between sound file formats
• sndfile-info : print information about files
• sndfile-metadata-get/set : get and set file metadata
• sndfile-play : play a sound file

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install sndfile-programs

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install sndfile-programs.

sudo apt -y install sndfile-programs

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install sndfile-programs

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix sndfile-play command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.